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Craugastor matudai

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Species of amphibian

Craugastor matudai
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Craugastoridae
Genus: Craugastor
Subgenus: Campbellius
Species: C. matudai
Binomial name
Craugastor matudai
(Taylor, 1941)
Synonyms

Eleutherodactylus matudai Taylor, 1941

Craugastor matudai (common names: Matuda's robber frog, Matuda's stream frog) is a species of frog in the family Craugastoridae. It is found in the lower montane zone at elevations of 1,500–2,000 m (4,900–6,600 ft) above sea level on the Pacific versant of Mexico and Guatemala, from Cerro Ovando in southwestern Chiapas (Mexico) to Fraternidad, a village in Esquipulas Palo Gordo, central Guatemala. It is named after Eizi Matuda, Japanese–Mexican botanist who hosted Hobart Muir Smith and his wife Rozella B. Smith, the collectors of the type series from Cerro Ovando.

Description

Males measure 27–28 mm (1.1–1.1 in) and females 37–40 mm (1.5–1.6 in) in snout–vent length. The body is heavily rugose with tiny pearly-topped tubercles. The canthus rostralis is sharp with slightly raised edges. The diameter of the tympanum relative to the eye is much larger in males (>/5) than in females (little more than /2). Males lack vocal sac.

Habitat and conservation

Its natural habitat is pine-oak forest where it lives terrestrially. This rare species is potentially threatened by habitat loss. Mexican law protects it under the "Special Protection" category (Pr).

References

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2020). "Craugastor matudai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T56748A53965461. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T56748A53965461.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ Taylor, E. H. (1941). "New amphibians from the Hobart M. Smith Mexican collections". University of Kansas Science Bulletin. 27: 141–167.
  3. Frost, Darrel R. (2016). "Craugastor matudai (Taylor, 1941)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  4. Bo Beolens; Michael Watkins; Michael Grayson (22 April 2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. p. 138. ISBN 978-1-907807-44-2.
Taxon identifiers
Craugastor matudai
Eleutherodactylus matudai
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